Goodreads asked L.E. Chamberlin:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

L.E. Chamberlin Writers know they're writers. I've been scribbling on anything that passed for a writing surface since I could form letters. Before that I was probably making up stories in my head. Being an author - well, that's different. I always told myself I wouldn't call myself an author until I finished something, but that when I did finally claim that title I would really work at it. Writing for yourself is fun. Writing for an audience is exhilarating and intimidating all at the same time. The Angry Self-Sabotage Demons (yes, ASS Demons) have a field day with your head. I waited until my late thirties to try to publish, mostly because I was too busy earning a living and raising a child to buckle down and finish anything, but in a way I'm glad for it. Those ASS demons would have taken me down in my twenties. Now they have to work really hard to get to me.

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